Chile Fines Barrick Gold Over Big Mine Project

TORONTO—The Chilean government fined Barrick Gold Corp., the world's largest gold miner, $15.8 million for alleged breaches in environmental controls at its flagship Pascua-Lama mine, throwing the mine's future into further uncertainty.

Barrick had last month halted construction of the massive mine's Chilean operations after being ordered by a Chilean court to stop work as it looked into complaints about breaches of environmental standards by aboriginal communities. The government Friday repeated the court's order that...